Research Storage

1. Go to https://research-storage.uvm.edu.

2. Log in with your NetID and password.

3. You will automatically be shown the form to provision a 5TB share. Enter a name for your share. Choose carefully, this cannot be changed in settings.

4. If you are the owner of any groups, you can assign this share to a specific group. This will allow members of that group to connect to your share. If you do not own any groups, it will default to the “none” group which means only you will have access. To make this share accessible to others, please request a new group here.

5. Click provision.

6. After a few minutes refresh the page and your dashboard will come up displaying information about your new share.

1. Go to https://research-storage.uvm.edu.

2. Log in with your NetID and password.

3. Your dashboard will appear with information about your current netfiles02 shares. To provision a 5TB share, scroll to the bottom of the page.

4. Enter a name for your share (a) and select what group has access to it (b). Choose the name carefully, this cannot be changed in settings. Only groups that you are the owner of will appear in this menu. If you do not own any groups, it will default to the “none” group which means only you will have access. To make this share accessible to others, please request a new group here.

5. Click provision.

6. After a few minutes, refresh the page. Details about your new share will display beneath your previous share.

While viewing your dashboard, click the settings button in the top right corner.

Click on the Group access bar to change which group can access your share. Only groups that you own will be visible here.

You can manage members in a group you own at account.uvm.edu/manage-groups. You can request a new group with the form at uvm.edu/it/kb/research-storage-request.

Click on the snapshot retention bar. You can choose either 30 days or 90 days. If you would like to use this share as “scratch space” and do not want backups, please contact saa@uvm.edu.

When you are done making changes, click Save to return to the dashboard.

While on the dashboard page click on the link that says “Add a Share” on the left side of the page under additional resources. This will bring you to a form for requesting additional shares.

You can use this form to request a new group be created to manage access to your share.

While viewing the dashboard page click on the link that says “Increase Quota“. This will bring you to a form for requesting quota increases or adding additional shares. Please consult this page for information on pricing.

If you need to change the name of your share please contact saa@uvm.edu.

Snapshots are point in time backups of your files. They are taken every morning around 12 AM. Snapshots are counted towards your total quota, however a 20% buffer is automatically added to your quota to account for these. By default they are kept for 30 days, however you can change the duration in the share settings menu.

Currently users are not able to change the backup interval.

If you are a Windows user and only need to restore a single file, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the damaged file or the folder that contained a deleted file. From the menu that appears, select Properties.
   
2. From the window that appears, select the Previous Versions tab.
   • Select the folder that would have contained the deleted file. (e.g., if the file was deleted this morning, select the spanshot from last night (very early this morning)).
   • Click the Open button to open a version of the folder as it existed at that time. (Avoid the Restore button, which will overwrite your current folder with the folder as it existed at the selected time.)
   • Find the deleted file in the read-only window (identified by the time stamp in the window title), and copy it to the desired location.

The selected file should now be restored.